20 Ellipsis Examples (Explained)

Ellipse

The Ellipse is a Figure of speech which consists of the deletion of certain terms in order to build shorter sentences. For example: “Gold makes the proud and pride, [makes] fools. ”.

The terms that are most often elided (suppressed by ellipsis) are the personal pronouns, the possessive and the articles, the nouns and the verbs.

It is a resource widely used in everyday language, since it allows us not to be so repetitive and to make our communication more efficient and agile.

For example: Good morning, a kilo please. This dialogue in an ice cream parlor lets us know that it is a kilo of ice cream, and it is not necessary to mention the noun “ice cream”.

Examples of ellipsis

In the following ellipsis examples, the term elided is indicated in square brackets.

1. Today's men's work is exhausting, but the [job] of women is even higher.
2. [Me] I kept quiet until I couldn't take it anymore.
3. They all highlighted his imagination and [its] innovative spirit.
4. Bird in hand is better than hundreds [hundred birds] flying.
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5. [He] He wants to be pampered.
6. To what is done, [put] chest.
7. That was the most powerful and [the more] expected argument throughout the trial.
8. I have lunch at twelve, he [have lunch] at one.
9. His effort is always recognized, mine [my effort] nobody notices.
10. Here's your coat, take it [your coat] and leave for a good time.
11. What year were you born? [I was born] In 1979.
12. Daniel keeps carrying gossip from here to there. I can not stand [to Daniel].
13. The probability of doing wrong is found a hundred times a day; that of [probability] do well once a year.
14. Gold makes the proud, and pride, [makes] fools.
15. Maite likes peceto milanesas, Gastón likes [Milanese] buttock.
16. Your perseverance and [you] Commitment to the study will pay off.
17. A good understanding, [are enough] few words.
18. Damien worked for two years in Canada and [job] five [years] in the U.S.
19. [Me] I really value your opinion.
20. The money is over, I want to make it clear to you [that the money ran out].

Characteristics of the ellipsis